Hi all!
This is Zoha, a senior student at OSU majoring in CS with an applied option of Game Development. I’m from the Bay Area, and as is usual for we Bay-Areans, love the ocean. I could talk for hours about my experiences under the sea (scuba diving!) but this isn’t the blog for that.
What really got me into Computer Science was my personality of problem-solving. As a kid, I loved engaging in mental puzzles and math. Engineering may have been the obvious choice, but choosing a career-path was a big dilemma for me. I really wanted to do something meaningful for others and initially was set to become a doctor. After some more research, traveling, and soul-searching, I decided that the way I wanted to contribute to my world was by working for equitable access to information and education.
I transferred to OSU in 2022 and got my first job in software development starting 2024. Alongside, I’ve had the honor of being a TA at OSU for 3 quarters in Ethics in CS and Intro to Databases.
I’m really excited about the senior project we will be working on starting this quarter. Some of the projects I’m interested in, in order:
- Prototype a web-based tool for creating and executing task-delineated, collaborative, AI-assisted assignments (basically an AI-enhanced LMS with task-delineation)
- Language Immersion Virtual Environment (a world with foreign language speaking NPCs who you interact with to learn a new language)
- Text Adventure Game for Education (interactive fiction to gamify school topics like History)
- Gamification of PharmD classes. Create “Pharmacy Go” (game + database)
- Escape Room Challenge (more for the experience of creating a game)
If you’re interested in working on/researching similar topics, send me an email at zoha.akbarzadeh@gmail.com. I’d love to connect!
